053 The Great Death

The Scandinavian History Podcast - A podcast by Mikael Shainkman - Fridays

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Life in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages wasn’t always great, and in the summer of 1349 it took a sharp turn for the worse. For a lot of people it also ended abruptly in considerable agony. The reason was that the Plague had arrived. The ramifications would be felt for generations to come.